Bug#309517: update-exim4.conf ignores dc_visiblename

[Marc Haber]

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 03:44:50PM -0400, Stuart Freeman wrote:
> dc_visiblename should be taken out of update-exim4.conf.conf because it
> is no longer used.

It could have been locally changed, and removing that option would
make it unnecessarily hard to see what was in there previously.
Additionally, user changes are sacred, and the script which makes the
changes to ue4.conf.conf has a minimally-invasive approach.

> As it stands now, there is no warning on upgrade that
> exim4's configuration has changed, perhaps the package should check to
> see if dc_visiblename and /etc/mailname are different and alert the user
> to the fact that exim's behavior will change.

That is mentioned in NEWS.Debian, which is a must-read on package
upgrades. Anything else would be debconf abuse.

Greetings
Marc

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